Golf

Brett Phillips Becomes the Rays’ Latest Unlikely Hero

ARLINGTON, Texas — Before Kenley Jansen threw the final pitch of a World Series game for the ages, Dan Johnson threw the first — virtually, anyway. Johnson tossed it on a snow-covered youth diamond in Minnesota, and the video beamed from the scoreboard high atop Globe Life Field. Only die-hard fans,

Golf

2020 Oct, 25

Stan Van Gundy Hired as Coach of the Pelicans

Stan Van Gundy has been hired as the coach of the New Orleans Pelicans, he announced in a Twitter post on Wednesday. Calling the Pelicans talented, Van Gundy said, “I can’t wait to talk to our players and get the process started.” I’m excited to join a talented New Orleans Pelicans team.

Golf

2020 Oct, 21

Mookie Betts Leads the Dodgers’ Stars With a Masterful Performance

ARLINGTON, Texas — Mookie Betts was 24 years old when he wondered if he would ever be any better. Betts had just finished as the runner-up to Mike Trout for the American League Most Valuable Player Award in 2016, with a season full of hits and homers and steals and

Golf

2020 Oct, 21

The Steelers Style Isn’t Old-Fashioned. Call It Retro Chic.

With their deeply-talented roster, sack-happy style and early-season success, the 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers conjure grainy, romanticized images of the team’s 1970s glory days: quarterbacks fleeing their defense in terror and opponents driven facemask-first into the dirt, while foundry workers cheer them from smoky tap rooms and John Facenda narrates over

Golf

2020 Oct, 21

Losing Courtside Camaraderie in the Covid Era

On that fateful February night in 2017, after Charles Oakley was dragged out of Madison Square Garden and arrested on the accusation of causing a ruckus involving the Knicks’ owner, I made my way down from the press box high atop the court to consult with my source of four

Golf

2020 Oct, 19

Daryl Morey Steps Down as G.M. of the Houston Rockets

Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, is stepping down from his post on Nov. 1, he announced Thursday. Morey said managing the Rockets was “the most gratifying experience of my professional life” and that he was confident Houston would “continue to perform at the highest level.” The move came

Golf

2020 Oct, 15